Cambridge Archives - Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/category/cambridge Join an uncomfortable walking tour of Oxford Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:21:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/06/UnOx-logo-FINAL_Icon-Only_feb.svg Cambridge Archives - Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/category/cambridge 32 32 The Pleasures and Perils of Smoking in Calverley’s “Ode to Tobacco” https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/calverley-smoking-plaque Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:43:12 +0000 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/?p=9600 Politicians now promise a "smoke-free" UK, but one Cambridge plaque suggests an alternative plan: doctors be damned, "take a fresh cigar!"

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]]> Issam Kourbaj’s “Urgent Archive”: Exhibition Review https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/issam-kourbajs-urgent-archive-exhibition-review Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:41:29 +0000 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/?p=8773 The latest Kettle's Yard exhibition is a real-time battle to preserve Syrian history from oblivion, but does it stick in the viewer's memory?

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]]> A Portrait Attacked: Sectarianism on Cambridge Campus https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/balfours-painting-attacked-sectarianism-on-cambridge-university-campus Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:21:06 +0000 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/?p=8513 A portrait of Arthur Balfour was attacked at Trinity College, Cambridge - But why?

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]]> Oliver Cromwell: The Coronation That Wasn’t https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/the-coronation-that-wasnt Mon, 08 May 2023 08:42:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=3859 Today, the 8th of May, is a day with a fair deal of royal baggage. ...

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]]> An Eighty-Year Wait to Graduate: Women at Cambridge https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/an-eighty-year-wait-to-graduate-women-at-cambridge Sun, 30 Oct 2022 17:52:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=7105 Historically, women have only had a formal presence in the university setting for the last ...

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]]> Passing Reality Checkpoint: Welcome to Uncomfortable Cambridge https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/passing-reality-checkpoint-uncomfortable-cambridge Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:52:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6962 For the last three years, Uncomfortable Oxford has been bringing the neglected and contentious histories ...

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